Tropical Storm Isidore (1984)
Tropical Storm Isidore peaked at 50 kt in the North Atlantic between September 25, 1984 and October 1, 1984, with a lowest pressure of 999 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Isidore, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1984 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 25, 1984 to October 1, 1984
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 50 kt (58 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 999 mb (29.50 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.6
- Fastest the center moved
- 24 kt (28 mph)
- Identifier
- AL151984
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Rainfall
The Weather Prediction Center attributes 560 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 8.90 inches (226 mm).
| Station | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTHPORT 5 N | 8.90 in (226 mm) | 34.00N 78.02W |
| LOXAHATCHEE | 7.60 in (193 mm) | 26.68N 80.27W |
| LIVE OAK | 6.59 in (167 mm) | 30.28N 82.97W |
| JESUP 4 NE | 6.04 in (153 mm) | 31.65N 81.83W |
| USHER TOWER | 5.86 in (149 mm) | 29.42N 82.82W |
| JASPER 9 ESE | 5.67 in (144 mm) | 30.52N 82.95W |
| GLEN ST MARY NURSERIES | 5.50 in (140 mm) | 30.27N 82.18W |
| SAPELO ISLAND | 5.29 in (134 mm) | 31.40N 81.28W |
| STUART 1 N | 5.25 in (133 mm) | 27.20N 80.17W |
| JACKSONVILLE MUNICIPAL ARPT | 5.01 in (127 mm) | 30.50N 81.70W |
| JACKSONVILLE CECIL FLD NAS | 4.83 in (123 mm) | 30.22N 81.88W |
| HASTINGS ARC | 4.81 in (122 mm) | 29.75N 81.47W |
WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 23.4N 73.0W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 23.9N 73.9W | 30 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 24.3N 74.9W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 24.5N 76.0W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 24.7N 77.0W | 40 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 25.0N 77.7W | 45 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 25.4N 78.4W | 45 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 25.8N 79.1W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 26.4N 79.8W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 27.3N 80.5W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 27.8N 81.5W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 28.5N 82.3W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 29.5N 82.1W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 30.1N 81.9W | 45 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 30.7N 81.4W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 31.3N 80.5W | 45 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 32.2N 79.3W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 32.8N 77.8W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 33.6N 76.2W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 34.3N 74.4W | 40 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 34.8N 72.5W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 35.3N 70.4W | 40 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 1, 00:00 | 35.8N 67.7W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 1, 06:00 | 36.4N 65.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Oct 1, 12:00 | 36.8N 62.1W | 25 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm CesarNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane DianaNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm FranNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Tropical Storm GustavNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane KlausNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1984
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1984
What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.